Chubbles Chubbles
Cloudwater Brew Co.

Deep orange colour, little head. Tropical, orange smell. Taste is very much the same. Fizzyness is noticeably, nice and thick texture, some bitterness but nothing overpowering. Overall a nice very hoppy beer.

 

Chubbles Chubbles
Cloudwater Brew Co. Collaboration with The Veil Brewing Co.
IPA - Triple New England / Hazy

440ml can poured into a Teku glass.

Look: Pours a thick, hazy muted orange colour with a near non-existent head.

Smell: Overripe tropical juice. Mango, pineapple, orange and citrus.

Taste: Wave after wave after wave of flavours. Citrus, mango, melon, orange and tangerine. A beautiful bitterness that is there then entire time but without being overpowering

Feel: Pillowy soft, medium/thick body with low carbonation. Slightly cloying.

Overall: An amazing TIPA. Beautifully balanced. Drinks like a 6% IPA.

Pours a hazy orange with soft, soapy head.

Smell is intense and juicy. Notes of mango, orange juice, grapefruit, grapes, gooseberries and melon. Sweet and dank with some herbal hints.

Taste is juicy and intense, boozy but still balanced. Notes of mango, melon, citrus, gooseberries and some grass. Solid bitterness and a finish that refuses to quit. Solid bitterness and just short of overwhelming.

Mouthfeel is medium to full, soft, pillowy and well carbonated.

Overall, more proof that Cloudwater rule the roost when it comes to triple IPAs. Marvelous.

Pours a hazy, deep orange coloration with a small, fluffy head, Smells of biscuity malt and intense tropical/stone fruit/citrus hops, with notes of passion fruit, mango, peach and grapefruit. Taste is an excellent balance of biscuity malt and fruity, juicy, slightly dank and bitter hops, with tropical. stone fruit and citrus notes of passion fruit, mango, peach, grapefruit and orange, as well as just a hint of grassy weed. Finishes with a medium/strong bitterness for the style and some passion fruit, peach and orange. Soft, pillowy mouthfeel with a medium/rich body and medium carbonation.

While Cloudwater have always made superb TIPAs, this is perhaps their finest one yet, with an intoxicating tropical passion fruit aroma in the nose and incredibly juicy, vibrant and well-defined tropical, citrus and stone fruit notes on the tongue, finishing with a distinct bitterness for the style, which balances all that sweet juiciness out perfectly and also featuring a great, soft and pilowy mouthfeel. While this does fall squarely under the fruit salad variety of NEIPA, not usually my favorite, it's just so well done, so vibrant and juicy, while also featuring those zesty, dank and bitter notes to balance out the sweetness, while hardly feeling boozy for the ABV either. Still fantastic at 10 weeks old.

 

One month old. Can to wine glass.

Look: Pours a hazy dark yellow with a pillowy white head that dissipates quickly without leaving much lacing.

Smell: Overripe tropical fruits. Mainly mango and pineapple. Orange and tangerine are also there.

Taste: Overripe fruits again, but citrus is dominating here with tropical notes in the background. Sweet, a bit zesty and quite a bitter finish.

Feel: Thick and juicy with a low carbonation. Slightly sticky, but not overly so.

Overall: Very nicely balanced TIPA that doesn't feel as strong as it actually is. This collaboration keeps deliviring quality beers and Chubbles Chubbles is one of the best ones coming out of it.